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Julia had been struggling to raise her son, Jonathan, alone for several years following her divorce. There had been months when she didn't know if she could make ends meet, but somehow items usually worked out. Jonathan was eight when his father, Mike, walked out of their lives. For the initial several years Julia and Jonathan had been a group and had a very tight bond. Ron walked into Julia's life and prior to extended they were married. Even though Jonathan was satisfied for his mom he couldn't help but feel a void and slipped into depression.
When Rob moved into their residence tensions formed. Julia became pregnant and in the course of her pregnancy they discovered Jonathan's grades had been slipping and his depresdsion was getting worse. Rob started to pressure Julia, telling her he had heard of applications that might assist Jonathan with his grades and his depression. Feeling pressure from Rob, Julia got on the internet and began researching applications for troubled teens. With a lot of sites to choose from her head was spinning. They all promised fantastic outcomes for her son.
She lastly known as an 800 number and located a calm, cool, and collected person on the other end. She was asked countless queries about Jonathan and was told he was headed down the path of destruction. The admissions counselor, Patty, assured her there were great programs for her son. Within 24-hours she received beautiful glossy brochures for applications inside and outside the US. Her intuition was telling her no, but the pressure from Rob and Patty was so excellent that she lastly gave in. The baby could be born within a month and so, as Patty mentioned, time was in the essence.
The following day Patty known as back. She said right after reviewing the on the internet questionnaire Julia had filled out she believed Jonathan was suicidal and if she did not act quickly time could run out. Julia's head began to spin. How could items go from her child's grades slipping to him becoming suicidal, similar to that? She felt trapped in her circumstance and though her mother's intuition again told her no, she agreed to send Jonathan to a plan three,000 miles from home.
Patty told Julia she felt it would be very best if Jonathan were transported there by a teen Escorts Berlin service. Julia was adamant that she did not want him transported by strangers. Rob overheard the conversation and stated he felt it could be greatest offered Julia's condition. She pleaded with him to take Jonathan since she could not travel such a distance this late in her pregnancy. He refused, saying the timing was not excellent for him at perform. Again feeling trapped, and again against her personal intuition, she agreed.
Later that day she received a phone contact from the escort service. They informed her that because of their travel plans they would need to choose her youngster up at 3:00 a.m. She was outraged, saying she wanted him picked up during the day. They told her that most youngsters in her son's condition will resist and can not want to go. They told her it would place undue tension not only on Jonathan but on the entire family. She was told they had years of expertise coping with youngsters and assured her he will be fine. Though this did not sit nicely with her, she once again reluctantly agreed.
They faxed the forms, she signed them, and before she knew it the arrangements had been made. Her son could be picked up the following night. The following day was really challenging for her. As she attempted to go through her day she could not aid but feel she was producing a massive error. She tried talking to Rob about it but he said she was being overprotective of her son and that this would be the most effective thing for him and for them. He told her it would give them a chance to start their new family whilst Jonathan received the aid he necessary.
That afternoon she took Jonathan out for an ice cream. She wanted so badly to tell her son what was about to occur but she remembered becoming told he would probably run away. She held back the tears as she watched him consuming his ice cream, longing for the days when it was just her and Jonathan. She questioned herself more than and more than once again, but ultimately felt she had no selection but to send him away.
That evening she tucked him into bed. She went into his room many instances just before three:00 a.m., watching him sleep. Thoughts rushed by means of her head of waking him up, acquiring inside the automobile, and taking him away from it all. She felt torn between her connection with her son and her connection with Rob.